Kitchen range



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KITCHEN RANGE Filed Jan. 18, `1935 5 sheets-sheet 2 9 NTOQ UQTTOQNEys Nov. 9, l937. G. E. PICKUP KITCHEN RANGE Filed Jan. 18, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 NVENTOIQ/ @or a Mb/yp JW- QITTOIQNEQS Patented Nov. 9, 193'? @dei KITCHEN RANGE uwe E. Pickup, Newark, Ghia, assigner, by

Application .annary 18, 1935,Y Serial No. 2,348

i2 Claims.

rlhis invention relates to an improved kitchen range and is concerned more particularly with a range of this type fashioned as a unit of intertting metallic plates.

A principal object resides in the provision of a kitchen range embodying a minimum number o1" large plates interitting simply and snugly to forni a compact, rugged structure in which the joints and connecting bolts are concealed, and th exterior is of neat and attractive appearance.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a range in which all of the component parts are made standardized, intertting units secured into a rigid structure embodying an oven arranged for the circulation of hot flue gases thereabout and having all essential joints sealed against the passage oi flue material.

More specically stated, an object is to prevent the passage of ashes, soot or condensate from the flue passages within the range, improved joints which may be sealed to unusual advantage with a sealing composition being provided where desirable between connected parts.

Another object is to provide a kitchen range embodying an improved one-piece bottom plate the structure and cooperating with 'upper and lower front joint-concealing skirting.

Another object is to provide in a construction of the foregoing character, improved skirting means adapted to be removably secured in place.

Another object is to provide a kitchen range construction in which the usual cooldng top frame is eliminated and the walls of the range body directly support the cooking top.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description, and from the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a range embodying the principles of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar sectional View taken substantially along line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

(Cl. 12S- 1) Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view taken substantially along line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. G is a fragmentary sectional detail View onV an enlarged scale showing a preferred form or" attachment means for the oven plates.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary, sectional detail view on an enlarged scale showing the connecting means between the bottom and side plates of the range.

While the invention is susceptible of various modifications and alternative constructions, I have shown in the drawings and will herein describe in detail, the preferred embodiment, but

is to be understood that I do not thereby intend to limit the invention to the specific form disclosed, but intend to cover all modifications and alternative constructions falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

'n the exemplary form of the invention shown in the drawings, the range is of the type including a nre-box iii enclosed by a door ii, an oven chamber l2 enclosed by a door i3 and a system of ue passages iii entirely enclosed and substantially surrounding the oven chamber for conducting the hot products of combustion from the fire-box into intimate contact about the oven.

Resting upon a leg frame i5 and supporting the range structure, is a base plate ii providing at its ends engagement means for vertical side piates I8 and i9, and at its-rear edge means for receiving a vertical rear plate At their upper edges the side and rear plates are adapted for snug marginal reception of a sectional cooking top 22. The exterior joints between the plates are concealed by suitable skirting 23 at the top and skirting 2d at the base of the range. Within the casing thus formed is the oven chamber i2 cornprising a Vertical side plate 25 engaging a strengthening rib 26 formed transversely on the base plate Il". A parallel plate 2l, shorter than the plate 25, forms the opposite oven side wall, and the top and bottom of the oven chamber comprise plates 28 and 2Q, respectively, all the plates being connected together and forming with the rear plate 2t' a substantially rectangular chamber. The lower end of the side plate 25 closes the flue passage it from the fire-box chamber.

Preferably, the leg frame l5 is adapted for removably receiving the range. rTo this end` the frame is provided with an upper angular flange 3@ defining a shoulder support for receiving the edge of the bottom plate ll and preventing its displacement. The latter has a peripheral U- shaped ange 3l, the outer depending leg of which is adapted to rest upon the shoulder provided by the ilange 33 and thus support the range without the necessity of fastening the same to the frame.

For convenience in manufacturing and ease of assembly, the bottom plate il is preferably constructed as a unit and the U-shaped ange 3| is of substantial height, in effect, forming the plate into a large pan adapted for collecting condensate, soot or ashes from the flue passage i4, or ashes from the fire-box iii. The inner leg of the flange 3| may be curved to merge smoothly with the body of the base plate and thus facilitate cleaning out any materials that may collect thereon. I

In the present instance, the U-shaped ilange 3| also serves as a supporting means for the side plates |8 and i9 and the rear plate 2t. Each of the plates I3 and i9 may have its lower edge formed into rounded contour as at to simulate a skirting strip, and projecting laterally from the inner face of the portion 33 is a connecting flange 34 adapted to seat upon the bottom plate flange 3| (Figs. 2 and 7). For the same purpose the rear plate 20 may be provided with a foot flange 35 adapted to rest upon the flange 3| (Fig. 4i).

Oftentimes the joint between the base plate and the vertical plates of the range may not ilt perfectly true due to inaccuracies arising during manufacture, and for this reason condensate, soot or ashes may seep through the joint to the iloor below or tend to soil the exterior of the structure and thus create a source of considerable annoyance to the user. Attempts have heretofore been made to seal the joints by placing cement in the corners. In the course of time this cement may loosen and become dislodged so that the waste material may escape therethrough. By the present invention, however, I provide means for concealing and retaining the joint sealing material in place so that it cannot be dislodged while the range is in use. hus, I provide the upper face of the flange 3| with a channel 3l' adapted for receiving cementitious joint sealing material 3S (Figs. i and 7). It will be observed that when the side and rear plates are in place upon the :flange 3|, the joint sealing material 3B will be entirely enclosed within the joint and will thoroughly seal the same against the escape of any waste material.

Likewise, the joints between the ovencharnber plates are arranged to be sealed by a suitable sealing compound disposed in concealed channels Within the joints. To this end, the adjoining edges of the plates are complementally biased and provided with complementary grooves 39 (Fig. 6) Within which sealing compound fill is enclosed. In the form shown, the edges of the oven plates may be formed arcuately to abut squarely, and complementary connecting lugs or ears l2 and may be formed adjacent the abutting faces of the edges and are adapted to be secured rigidly to- 29 an enclosed recess for sealing compound is provided by a laterally extending ilange 35 cooperating with a downwardly extendingV flange 41. Moreover, suitable provision is made for enclosing the joint sealing compound at the rear edges of the oven plates which are supported by 'the vertical rear plate 20. Thus, I provide an enclosed sealed joint i8 between the upperoven plate 28 and the rear plate, and a similarly sealed joint 49 between the bottom plate 2f and the rear plate (Fig. 4). To the same end, enclosed sealed joints 5B and 5| (Fig. 5) are provided between the rear plate and the oven side plates 25 and 21, respectively.

Ordinarily, ranges of the present type include a frame carried upon the casing walls and adapted to support the cooking top sections. I simplify the structure, however, by eliminating this frame and directly supporting the cooking top marginally through the medium of shoulders fashioned as a part of the upper edges of the means forming the outer walls of the casing. Thus, the side and rear walls are provided for this purpose with shoulders 52 (Figs. 2 and 4) adapted for snugly receiving the margins of the sections comprising the cooking top 22. The range structure is accordingly rendered more economical to manufacture and more simple to assemble, without sacrincing strength.

The range preferably embodies a construction wherein the oven plates are provided with substantial lateral llanges at their forward edges intimately connected and serving as the front of the outer range casing, similarly as described in my copending application entitled Cooking stove, Serial No. 729,966, led June ll, 1934, now Patent No. 2,072,276 issued March 2, 1937. Thus, the side oven plates 25 and 21 are provided with laterally extending front flanges 53 and 5ft, respectively; and the top and bottom oven plates 25 and 29 have lateral front flanges 55 and respectively. As will be seen in Fig. 3, the upper edge of the flange 55 is formed as a shoulder 5l lying in the saine plane as the shoulders 53 and providing marginal support for the cooking top.

By the present invention, I have also made certain other improvements over the construc-` tion disclosed in my foresaid application. In the,Y present instance, the lower edge of the flange 5E' has an outwardly extending shoe flange 58v adapted to fit within the base flange channel 31 which be slightly widened along the forward edge of the base plate to accommodate the shoe ila-nge. Suitable recesses are formed in the adjoining ilange faces, here shown as in the bottom face of the flange 58, for the reception of sealing compound to provide a fluid tight joint, This described cooperative arrangement between the base plate flange 3| and the shoe ilange 58 eliminates the necessity of using bolts or similar fastening devices in this part of the structure.

Herein the upper oven plate 28 is form-ed with a rearward extension 59 tting over a vertical flue passage formed by an integral offset portion 53 in the rear plate 2li between the rear edges of the oven side plates 25 and 2l (Fig. 3). Within the extension 59 is a damper aperture 6| over which is fitted a movable damper 552 which may be opened to allow hot products of combustion from the nre-chamber to escape directly to the flue when the oven is not in use. The rear edge of the extension 59 is formed into a shoulder 52a for snugly receiving the edge of the cooking top 22. Through this arrangement, the construction is simplied and separate means for providing the damper outlet 6| is eliminated.

A. back oven plate 2ta (Figs. 3 and 5) extends between the top oven plate 28 and the bottom oven plate 29 and across the flue passageway formed within the offset portion 6D. This closes olf the passageway from the oven chamber |2 but leaves the upper and lower ends of the passageway in communication with the flue spaces lli, respectively above and below the oven chamber.

The upper skirting 23 is arranged to be removably supported upon the upper edges of the side plates i8 and i@ (Fig. 2) and by the upper edge of the oven plate flange 55 (Figs. 3 and 4). Preferably, this skirting is fashioned as separate hollow side and front strips oi" arcuate cross section. The end skirting strips are adapted to hook over lateral flanges G3 at the upper edges of the end plates is and i9 and the front strip is adapted to hook over an outstanding supporting flange 5d on the edge of the flange e5. As shown, the upper surfaces of the flanges 63 and 5d are below the upper plane of the cooking top 22, and the uppermost surfaces of the skirting strips 2S supported by said flanges are within said cooking top plane.

At suitable intervals, the edges of the plates l and i9, and the iront fiange 55 are depressed to provide pockets (Figs. 3 to receive angular attachment lugs 5l formed along the upper edge of the skirting strips 23 and lying, when in position, under the adjacent cooking top edge. Desirably, the lugs 67 are secured in place against displacement by means of stove bolts the heads of which are entirely concealed when the cooking top is in place.

As herein shown, the lower skirting 2d comprises a removable hollow strip positioned along the front of the range, while at the sides of the range the skirting is simulated by the portions 33 of similar outward appearance at the base of the end plates i8 and lil. If desirable, of course, this skirting may be formed as similarly fashioned removable strips for both the front and sides oi the structure.`

By the present invention, provision is made for quickly removing the lower skirting so as to gain access to a clean-out opening @il (Fig. 3) in the front ange 55. To this end the skirting is provided at suitable intervals with means such as integral pins. 'id adapted to iit into suitable coaxial apertures in the shoe flange 58 and the base llange 3l. In this manner the front skirting 24 will be securely held in place but may be quickly removed as desired.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that I have provided an improved simplified kitchen range construction which embodies few and simple parts that may be quickly assembled by the use of a minimum number of fastening devices to form a compact, durable unit. Furthermore, the invention contemplates an improved arrangement of the various parts to gain advantages in construction and embodies a system of sealed joints which effectively prevents the escape of waste material to the exterior of the range or into the oven chamber. Also, the nished structure is of a pleasing and uniform outward appearance, the major outer joints and the bolts being concealed by removable skirting.

I claim for my invention:

l. In a kitchen range including a casing having a fire-box on one side therein and an enclosed oven chamber beside said rebox, a ue system leading from said nre-box about said oven chamber for conducting hot products of combustion in intimate contact with said chamber, a base plate forming the lower wall of said casing, means at the edge of said base plate providing an upwardly facing channel, a bottom plate forminto the lower wall of said oven chamber, said bottom plate including a wide downwardly projecting ange formed integrally therewith along one edge, said liange having means at its lower edge fitting within said channel and forming a and fl) adaptedv joint, and a recess within the joint thus formed adapted to receive means for sealing said joint against the escape of iiue waste from within said casing.

2. In a kitchen range including a casing having a fire-box on one side therein and an enclosed oven chamber beside said fire-box, a ue passage system leading from said ire-box about said oven chamber for conducting hot products of combustion in intimate contact with said chamber, a base plate forming the lower wall of said casing, means at the forward edge of said base plate providing an upwardly facing channel, an oven bottom plate including a wide downwardly projecting ilange along its forward edge, said flange including a forwardly projecting shoe flange tting within said channel and having an aperture therein, and a skirting strip fitting over said channel for concealing the joint between said ange and channel and including means projecting into said aperture in said shoe ange for retaining the skirting in place.

3. A kitchen range including, in combination, an outer casing, a base plate supporting said casing and projecting outwardly beyond said casing, removable skirting for concealing the joint between said casing and base plate, said base plate having apertures formed adjacent its edge, and integral means cn said skirting adapted to be received in said apertures for retaining said skirting in place.

4. In a kitchen range oven construction, a pair of plates disposed throughout their major area at substantially right angles to one another and having their adjoining edges on a bias to lie in abutting relation and forming a corner joint, means for sealing said joint, and cooperating outstanding lugs on said plates secured together for holding said plates fast.

5. In combination in a kitchen range of the ilue gas circulation type embodying an outer casing including upright wall panels and a horizontal base plate in support of said panels, one margin of said base plate having means thereon comprising a channel opening upwardly and having spaced side walls, one of said panels having a lower marginal portion extending parallel with and in concealing relation to said channel, a horizontal flange extending inwardly above the lower edge of said marginal portion and lying upon the upper edges of the side walls of the channel to support the panel in fixed position, and sealing means confined within said channel by said ange and preventing the passage of gases from within the casing.

6. In combination in a preformed plate kitchen range of the flue gas circulation type comprising a horizontal base plate, an upwardly projecting marginal portion on said plate of substantial width and including an upwardly facing channel having spaced upstanding side walls, an upright casing member having a lateral flange on its lower margin resting upon said projecting marginal portion of said plate to support said member thereon, said flange coactng with said upstanding side walls to close said channel and prevent transverse movement of the member relative thereto, and sealing composition conned within said channel by said ange to prevent the passage of gases therethrough.

7. In a cast plate kitchen range of the character described, an outer casing comprising a plurality of upright members forming front, side and rear walls; a cooking top; the upper marginal portions of said members being shoullll dered for receiving the respective margins of said cooking top to support the same in a horizontal plane; lateral flanges projecting from said front and side walls beyond the edges of the cooking top and with their upper faces below the plane of said margins of said cooking top; and skirting strips supported by said flanges and having their uppermost surfaces within the plane of said cooking top. Y

8. In a cast plate kitchen range structure of the flue gas circulation type, a pair of generally angularly related plates joined along adjacent edges and arranged to have flue gases pass along one side in contact therewith, said adjacent edges being complementally formed on a bias and disposed in face abutment, complementary channels in the abutting faces of said edges and having a plastic sealing composition therein to prevent the passage of the flue gases through the joint, and a pair of lugs one formed on each of said plates and secured firmly in face-to-face relation to maintain the sealed character of the joint permanently.

9. In combination in a kitchen range of the due gas circulation type embodying an outer casing, an oven chamber and a combustion compartment located to enableithe passage of hot gases of combustion thereabout, said oven chamber comprising plates joined in angular edgewise abutment; two of said plates having their abutting edges complementally biased and constructed to provide an enclosed space therebetween; sealing means within said space to prevent seepage of the gases of combustion through the joint into the oven; and means for connecting said two plates in such joined relationship.

10. A flue gas circulation type kitchen range comprising, in combination, a body casing comprising side, front and bottom panels; a cooking top supported at its side and 'front edges by said panels; a plate closing the rear of the body and having a rearwardly projecting vertical flue passageway of limited width formed integrally therewith extending from the bottom to the top thereof; a pair of vertical oven side wall panels coacting edgewise with said rear plate in spaced relation on opposite sides of saidrflue passageway and having top and bottom oven plates coacting therewith to form an oven chamber lo-` cated in spaced relation within said body casing, the space at one side of said oven chamber serving as a combustion compartment and the remaining spaces forming' connected flue passages; a back oven plate extending between said top and bottom oven plates across said flue passageway to close the latter oil" from the oven but leaving the upper and lower ends of said passageway in communication with the spaces respectively above and below said oven chamber; a diagonal extension formed integrally with the rear edge of said oven top plate extending upwardly and rearwardly into the upper portion of said flue passageway and interengaging with the rear edge of said cooking top whereby to close said passageway from the flue space above the oven chamber; said extension having an opening therein; and aselectively operable damper coacting with said opening so that flue gases may be controlled to pass either into the top of said passageway through said opening orinto the lower end of the passageway which is in communication with the space below said oven chamber.

Y l1. In combination in a kitchen range of the character described, a body casing and an oven chamber in spaced relation therein to permit circulation of hot flue gases to heat the oven, said body casing including a bottom plate spacedly underlying the oven, a closure panel extending between the forward part of said oven and said bottom plate and enclosing the flue space below the oven, said closure panel having a cleanout opening therein, said bottom plate having a part along its forward edge extending beyond the front of said closure panel, a skirting strip adapted to fit in concealing relation over said closure panel and said cleanout opening, and means for removably connecting said skirting strip to saidY forwardly extending part of said bottom plate enabling access to said cleanout cooking top and having its upper surface in a plane below the upper plane of said cooking top, and a skirting strip supported by said ange having its upper surface substantially within the plane of said cooking top upper plane and depending downwardly from said flange in a pleasing decorative effect.

GEORGE E. PICKUP. 

